confirm
verb
[ kənˈfəːm ]
• establish the truth or correctness of (something previously believed or suspected to be the case).
• "if these fears are confirmed, the outlook for the economy will be dire"
• administer the religious rite of confirmation to.
• "he had been baptized and confirmed"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French confermer, from Latin confirmare, from con- ‘together’ + firmare ‘strengthen’ (from firmus ‘firm’).
